Animal diversification invertebrates

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sponges

unique characteristics

  • no specialized cells/tissue

  • lack symmetry

  • filter

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Cnidarians

  • have specialized cells/ tissue

  • radial symmetry

  • stinging cells

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Roundworms

  • Distinct head and tail

  • no body cavity

  • parasitic

  • elephantiasis

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Arthropods

  • Most diverse out of all animals

  • exoskeleton made from chitin

  • joined appendages

  • insects

  • greatest adaptive radiation

  • Flight

  • Metamorphosis: rebuilding of molecules from the larva to the adult stage, resulting in change of form

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Echinoderms

  • Larvae are bilateral

  • symmetrical

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invertebrates

  • Protosome

  • bilateral have specialized cells

  • most diverse group

  • no backbone